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The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. 1st. Cloth. The 1954 stated 1st edition of The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens. #1,453 of only 2,500 copies issued. Ex-library, with a number of customary library markings, including tape ghosts to the boards, pocket ghost at the rear pastedown and several stamps to the title page. Still though, a presentable copy, with the wonderful dustjacket photo of Stevens by Sylvia Salmi bright and crisp. Good in a bright, price-intact, Good example of the "red" dustjacket, with a chip the size of a quarter at the front panel's top-edge. Octavo, 534 pgs. plus index. Good / Good. Item #7468